Children and Sentencing: A Toolkit – Howard League for Penal Reform (2018)
Summary:
The Howard League for Penal Reform has developed a resource to support children while being sentenced.
Description:
The Howard League for Penal Reform has published children and sentencing: a toolkit, in response to calls to their legal advice line, which have shown that children experience anxiety and confusion about sentencing.
The toolkit is based on work that the Howard League for Penal Reform has done with around 80 children and includes the following three resources:
- an information poster that converts into a leaflet for children facing sentence;
- a guide for adults supporting children at different stages of the sentencing process;
- a list of other links and resources on sentencing children for professional.